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Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (yellow-headed blackbird)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae

Taxonomy
Icterus xanthocephalus was named by Bonaparte (1826). It is extant. It is the type species of Xanthocephalus.

It was recombined as Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus by Hay (1930), Schultz and Howard (1935), Oswald and Steadman (2011) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Icterus xanthocephalus Bonaparte
1930Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Hay p. 357
1935Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Schultz and Howard p. 277
2011Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Oswald and Steadman p. 58
2017Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyIcteridaeVigors 1825
genusXanthocephalusBonaparte 1850
speciesxanthocephalus(Bonaparte 1826)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Bonaparte 1826 [yellow-headed blackbird]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available